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Chapter 10: Guru's Explanation about the Soul being Kartä
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હોય ન ચેતન પ્રેરણા, કોણ રહે તો કર્મ ? જડસ્વભાવ નહિ પ્રેરણા, જુઓ વિચારી ધર્મ.
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Hoy Na Chetan Preranä, Kon Grahe To Karma; Jad Swabhäv Nahi Preranä, Juo Vichäri Dharma.
If there is no inspiration from consciousness, who would acquire Karma? Examine the natural property, the lifeless
matter has no capability to inspire.
Explanation & Discussion:
Since the pupil suggested that the soul cannot be Karta of Karma, the Guru asks him to figure out what induces Karma particles to be attached to the soul. Like other Pudgal particles, Karma particles also prevail everywhere and make movements of their own accord. Left to themselves, they would simply pass by without creating any impact on the soul. When, however, they pass by, the worldly soul happens to react to it with a sense of craving or aversion by virtue of his likes or dislikes.
Now, such craving or aversion is not the inherent part of the soul's property, but it has the capability of indulging therein. As the worldly soul has been used to indulge in craving and aversion, it happens to react to the Karma particles, which come within its proximity. Such indulgence motivates those particles to infiltrate the province of the soul. This is similar to a person
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